I made my debut to the industry of computer in the year 1993. At that time DOS was just replaced with Windows 3.1 When i made my debut it was Windows 3.1 32 Bit. Actually the first Computer i purchased paying 1.5 lakhs was a new 32 bit system. The program Manager where we stored all the shortcuts to application was the main user interface we had at that time. For Networking There was Windows NT which at that time was abbreviated as Windows Never Trust.
As my applications were more related to Graphics and Multimedia, then we made a shift from Windows to MAC. When i first purchased my MAC I was 24 years old. I was a Photographer and Videographer. My main business was to take videos of wedding and birthday parties. After shooting i wanted those videos to be edited and for that application i thought of using a computer.
I still remember the way i used to install my softwares at that time. It was on a mere 1.4 Mb Floppy. I had to use atleast 12 to 14 floppies to install one software. I used to get a box of Floppies for Rupees 300 meaning to store 14 Mb of data i used to spend Rupees 300-00. My machine had a 1.2 Gb hard disk and i purchased a 8GB Seagate Baracuda SCSI paying Rs. 8,800-00. when i had 8GB storage everybody use to envy me for the huge storage i had got.
I can relate my experience with MAC and Windows 3.1 to my teenage days. I had lot of spirit and enthusiasm. I was ready to do anything to come up in life. Like the floppies and Hard disks i had too little opportunities and still i kept trying with great vigor and spirit.
Later came Windows 95. It was a revolution at that time. when i first installed windows 95 and got to see the start menu at the bottom for the first time in life it thrilled us. Windows 95 made me switch back from MAC to Windows.
I can relate my experience with Windows 95 to my start of new life. Just like Windows 95 changed the face of computing world, the same period also changed the face of my world. It was this period that i got married. in 1997 when i was thriving to use Windows 95 and was just giving a try to the super flop OS windows 97 i got married.
My son was born to bring stability in my life and similarly windows 98 was launched to bring stability in windows. It was this time that i started using Internet. I had gone to the VSNL office in Millers Road and i remember i stood in a queue for one hour, paid 2,500 rupees and got 100 hour internet usage package. I was really thrilled. My phone use to cost me Rs. 1-20 for every 3 minutes of internet usage and i use to get telephone bill alone around Rupees 2,500-00 at that time per month.
As my son grew and i started enjoying family responsibilities i had windows 2000 out in the market. It was again one of the most stable system. I had both Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 server and during this period i enjoyed the experience of networking. I created domain and had around 8 computers running on my domain. I made a debut to software development at that time for a very short span using visual studio 6.
My second son was born and my business changed from wedding and video to Multimedia graphics and internet applications. I started handling corporate clients and i think Windows 2000 was one OS which i used for the longest duration in my life ie for about 4 years.
Later with Windows XP i started experiencing life with a new meaning. Like Windows XP i also became youthful and colourful. However my life suffered a severe crash in the year 2000 and then recovered with a fully newly formated system. i started the new system with windows 2000 and later switched on to XP and it was really a very colourful period in my life.
Then came Windows Vista. It made me a real professional and now i got the confidence to take up any job and was at my peak during this period. Next to Windows 2000 the OS that i used for the maximum period was vista. thought i had minor hiccups vista kept me going and my systems were most stable during this period.
Now again in the year 2009 My life system crashced severely. every data enthusiasm and spirit was lost with it. Later when i decided to move towards the path of recovery i am starting it with Windows 7.
Transition from vista to Windows 7 was the most easiest transition among the OS and i also hope that my life system transmission will also be the same. Windows 7 is the first windows OS that is getting released without its founder boss bill gates. Somewhat i find it to be more stable and more compatible to my applications. I only hope that the new life system that i am adopting with this OS is also equally compatible and stable.
With every version my life phase has changed. Everytime i equate my life line with Windows versions and also with Adobe Photoshop versions. As these versions keep changing and as it keeps improving i wish to see same kind of improvements in me. It also helps me to fight saturation in work.
Now with Windows 7 and Photoshop CS4 version i have a new spirit which is just glowing out very slowly. Like the two version has a very good support as it is packaged with numerous add-ons my life is also supported well mainly with my wife my brother and my parents. I hope that before the next crash i will have to raise above the expectations of my sweet children.
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